Space

Virgin Galactic launched three of its longest-standing ticketholders today (Sept. 8), sending them to suborbital space on the ‘Galactic 03’ mission.

A next-generation X-ray space telescope and an experimental lunar lander are back on the launch pad Wednesday after a ten-day delay. An H-2A rocket is scheduled to liftoff from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan at 7:42 p.m. EDT (8:42 a.m. local time / 2342 UTC).

The night sky is a captivating canvas of celestial wonders, with the Moon serving as one of its most enchanting features. Luna’s gentle glow has inspired poets, guided sailors, and piqued the curiosity of humanity for countless generations. And as our closest celestial neighbor, the Moon also holds secrets that […]

As the Star Wars: Ahsoka series on Disney Plus continues, you might be wondering why Ezra Bridger is such a big deal. Meet the lost Padawan.

Venus is now a brilliant ‘morning star’ seen for a short time in the pre-dawn eastern sky.

It’s already been a good year for comets — and it just got astronomically better. A newly discovered comet is poised to wow us in the coming week: Comet C/2023 P1 (Nishimura). It’s already readily visible and it’s just going to get better. Japanese amateur astronomer Hideo Nishimura discovered the […]

A hypothetical Kuiper Belt Planet in the far reaches of our solar system could help explain the peculiar orbits of many trans-Neptunian objects.

UPDATE: XRISM will now launch WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, at 7:42 P.M. EDT (23:42 UTC). The August 28 launch was scrubbed due to inclement weather. All dates and times in the article have been updated to reflect the new launch date and time. A new X-ray observing mission will change how […]

One of the oldest meteorites ever discovered, the 4.6 billion-year-old Erg Chech 002 discovered in the Sahara desert in 2020, could reveal vital information about the formation of the solar system.

Planetary nebulae are arguably the most popular of all deep-sky objects.